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GARDENING FOR PLEASURE. 



plete covering; the fingers should be slightly greased 

 when applying the waxed cloth. 



BUDDING 



The shoot or stock to be budded upon must be in a 

 thrifty growing state, so that the bark can be raised 

 freely from the wood, and the bud to be inserted must 

 be in such a state that it shows prominently at the axil of 

 the leaf. Select a smooth portion of the stem of the 

 stock, strip it of leaves, sufficiently to allow room for 

 the operation, then make a cut through the bark to the 



wood of an inch 

 or so, with a cross 

 cut at the top, as 

 shown in fig. 23 ; 

 it will be observed 

 that the illustra- 

 tion shows that a 

 slight cut of the 

 bark is made above 

 the cross cut, this 

 is done to allow the 

 bud to slip in bet- 

 ter; this custom we 

 think is not gener- 

 al, but we find the 

 operation is done quicker and better by its use. Then take 

 the shoot from which the bud is to be cut, and selecting 

 a properly developed bud, cut it from the shoot as shown 

 in fig. 22 ; if the portion of the shoot from which the bud 

 is taken is well ripened, it is best to separate the wood 

 from the bark of the bud ; but if not it had better re- 

 main on. Usually it is necessary to take the wood from 

 buds on the lower part of the shoot, while the upper 

 part being less ripened, those buds may be inserted 

 with the wood remaining. The edges of the cut in the 



Fig. 22. 



BUD. 



Fig. 23. 



CUT. 



Fig. 24. 



BUD IN. 



Fig. 25. 



BUD TIED. 



THE METHOD OF BUDDING. 



